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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE

Ben Affleck Henry Cavill Amy Adams Jesse Eisenberg Diane Lane

Laurence Fishburne Jeremy Irons Holly Hunter Gal Gadot

It’s a common human failing to mistake
proximity for causality, and that is how the action in Batman v Superman begins.Superman (Cavill) has been present in or associated with tragic events
in Metropolis, so he is being regarded by some as a pariah, taking the law too
much into his own hands and needing some oversight.Senator Finch (Hunter) feels so strongly about it, she heads
up a committee to investigate Superman.

Bruce Wayne (Affleck) is also convinced
Superman is a danger to society and feels honor bound to set things right.Thus develops a fierce rivalry between
the two. Wayne’s trusted technician/adviser Alfred (Irons) tries to dissuade
him from taking on such a battle, but Wayne seems to be a tormented soul who
frequently feels he hasn’t done enough to protect humankind.

Another figure on this complicated chessboard
is Lex Luthor, a megalomaniac, who is seeking to extend his power in the world
by absconding with precious metals and engaging in other nefarious
activities.Wayne senses he is up
to no good and does some investigating at his company.

Shadowing in the background for much of the
story until the very end when she suddenly appears as a fighter for the good is
Wonder Woman (Gadot).What brings
her out is a Kryptonite monster seemingly capable of destroying anything,
including Superman.

One should go to this film expecting that it is
mostly about the CGI accompanied by deafening sound effects with repeated urban
devastation, fierce battles that seem to go on forever (Batman v Superman, and
both of them with Wonder Woman v the monster), and near death experiences for
Lois Lane (Adams) and Martha Kent (Lane).It is filled with a jumbling hodge-podge of scenes
that make it hard to follow the storyline.

Remarkable to me in this rendition is the
number of self doubts voiced by its two heroes, Batman and Superman, which made
me wonder if perhaps their differences with one another would have been
lessened if each were more confident.But that is me in fantasy; I think Director Zack Snyder and the other
filmmakers purposefully set up this struggle because they thought it would make
a better story for those who favor action movies.

A CGI spectacle with hand-to-hand
combat scenes going on for 40 minutes or so nonstop.